Australian Women on the Home Front during World War II World War II, ushered in opportunity, prosperity, and an entirely new lifestyle for many Australians. The war helped the Australian economy out of depression by employing millions, this especially had an impact on the women of Australia. World War II also brought changes to the lives of the majority Australian women. More than 900,000 men joining the army, there was a labour shortage as the men left their jobs to join the army, this meant that women were recruited into the occupations that were usually performed by men. This meant for the women that there was better employment, new skills, regular wage and becoming more independent.
Despites the two varying views on participation, women themselves shared mixed views on what was the best role for them. Marie Meurdrac, who was a French scientist believed that the venture into science was a good thing and discovered that women have potential to be at equal intellectual capacity of men. She states “ I flattered myself… and that if the minds of a women were cultivated like those of men, they would be equal to the minds of the latter” (Doc 2), showing that some women began to believe in the capability of their own intellectual abilities. German entomologist, Maria Sibbylla Merian demonstrates that women should be included in the science world. In her book she describes her push to learn what she is curious about, rather than
The legal change of divorce law in Australia changed dramatically in the year of 1975 when deciding on a divorce became easier to resolve but because of the uprise of divorce in 1976 several problems effected more families and still is now. Unhappy marriages before 1975 were a problem but since the uprise of divorces in 1976 more spouses have said to have been unhappy after a divorce as well because of all the financial and emotional problems of the splitting up of the family, causing the children as well as the parent’s difficulties all around. Prior to 1975, from the years between 1959 and 1975, divorces were decided on certain faults that occurred during the marriage that had to be proven in court. In several cases, this led to humiliation for the partner at fault and dishonesty within the courts for people
As a nontraditional student, I found the article “Mapping the Misunderstood Population of Adult Students”, (Ashburn, E. 2007) to be a close representation of myself as an adult student. Financial aid is one of many areas that seems to fall short for the adult learner. The decision to return to school is different from that of a traditional student. As a forty-eight year old woman with a productive career, still raising a family, and many social obligations, going to college was a decision that would affect all of these
In Canada we need immigration to replace the retiring workforce, keep our economy strong, keep our population at an acceptable level and to increase birth rates. In Canada we are facing an increase in retirement rates because the baby boomers are starting to retire. Since they are starting to retire we will have to find a way to fill the job demands because the retirees jobs are becoming available. In Canada are birth rates are also declining which will cause us problems in the future to help increase these rates we need immigrants. In the future if our birth rates are low and the workforce is retiring we will have problems keeping up with the job demands so we need to bring skilled workers to Canada from other countries to fill these job
It is likely that these statistics and percents would be much higher if there were more men in this age group. Men tend to date younger women, therefore older women are slightly hindered in their ability to find available older men. Also, sometimes women are hindered in sexual activity because of their partner’s physical
The line chart illustrates the figures for graduates for both sexual categories from universities of Canada over a period of 15 years beginning 1992. Overall, it is immediately obvious that the numbers of the university graduates in Canada experienced upward trends. It is also noted that the women tended to be significantly higher than the men in the rate of people graduating from the universities on the period shown.
Australia is a nation that has prided itself on mateship and the character of those who live and work in the bush, men who exude masculinity. The suburban sprawl and modernisation has lessened the need for men to be innately masculine however society still expects men to be men. This paper will discuss and compare both literal and figurative references to masculinity in both the Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Johnno. It will firstly look at the assumption of society that men of the bush are more masculine by nature, it will then discuss the role mateship plays in masculinity, this will be followed by looking at how the changing typography of society is bringing a new understanding of what masculinity is and lastly will look at how
Politics, race and religion are often closely tied into issues of diversity. The discussion of sexual diversity and identity issues beyond gay and lesbian in our society is a topic that many feel uncomfortable talking about for fear of being labelled intolerant, but having an opposing point of view doesn’t make you intolerant, you can accept people for who they are without agreeing with their beliefs, that is tolerance. Research shows that just a couple of years ago, only half of 500 major Australian companies gave their employees any training regarding gender identity concerns (Recorded; Human Rights Campaign). Not having knowledge on how to recognise someone’s physical or presentational characteristics, can lead to individuals not feeling accepted in society. Recognised research shows that 1.7% of the world population are born intersex or hermaphrodite, but generally there are two genders, male and female.
There is a relationship between gender socialization and gender stratification problem in the U.S. society. Gender socialization is the tendency for the boys and girls to be socialized differently such as boys are raise to accept male gender role while girls are raised to accept female gender role. Gender role are define role, behavior pattern, attitude, and personality trait set by society that each gender must display according to their gender. Gender stratification is the inequality that exist between female and male such male having higher income then female counterpart, male getting better position at jobs then female, and stereotyping female. Gender stratification usually support male more than female because of a simple fact that they are genetically different than male.
Racism is acting indifferent towards a person or group because of the color of their skin. Another type of discrimination is gender discrimination. Gender discrimination is when a person is treated unfairly based on their gender. In the 1950s and 1960s, racial and gender inequity decreased as people began to realize it was wrong and changed the rules. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play that displayed both racial and gender discrimination.
INTRODUCTION: Attention Step: According to the article “Exercise Makes You Younger,” “Research shows that physical inactivity can cause premature death as well as chronic disease and disability" (54). Establish Need/Relevance: Nowadays technology and busy work schedules have prevented many people from including exercise into their daily activities. Many people think that it is too time consuming and rather not work
The lack of children and an increasing number of workers reaching the retiring age will be detrimental to Japan as its total population is forecast to shrink by over 30% from 127mn in 2013 to just 87 mn by 2060, causing its work force is go from a peak of 87 million in the mid-1990s to 55 million by the middle of the 21st century with the proportion of the elderly going from 25% to nearly 40%. The birth rate in Japan has been steadily declining; the birth rate in 2014 was 1.4 children per woman, well below the 2.1needed to ward off a sharp decline in population. The birth rate In fact, Goldman Sachs has stated that Japan is one of the few countries where the number of registered pets (21.3 million) continues to exceed the number of children
The bar chart illustrates the percentage of children’ leisure activities, age 5 – 14, in two different genders in Australia. According to bar chart, boy has higher the percentage in all except Art and Craft activities. Firstly, all the Australia children, boys and girls, spend their time Watching TV and Videos that is the most popular activity whereas the percentage children who prefer to Play electronic games is the second most favorite activities and boys have more dominant percentage that is 80 percent, on the other hand, the girls percentage is lower than boys. It is 60 percent.
The Practical Applications of Studying Human Populations: Applied Demography (1068 Words) Do you enjoy working with data and statistics? Would you like to turn this passion into a career where your contributions can have a fundamental impact? This can be possible by completing a degree in applied demography, where you are taught how applied demographic analysis can be the guiding force behind the decision making processes in numerous industries. It is a career path where your love for statistics can be applied to populations and in turn the centrals aspects of society, such as business, health care, education and housing.